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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Grey Leads them home in Gowran opener

Wed 19th Apr 2023, 17:10

Grey Leader and Gary Carroll beat Feach Amach Grey Leader and Gary Carroll beat Feach Amach
© Photo Healy Racing

Grey Leader stepped forward nicely from his debut run to claim the opening maiden at Gowran Park this afternoon.

The Joe Murphy-trained gelding had stayed on from the back to finish sixth at Bellewstown 13 days ago and went to post a 4/1 shot this afternoon.

Gary Carroll settled his mount behind the leaders in the early stages of the seven-furlong contest before asking him to close passing the two pole.

He switched his mount towards the inner a furlong-and-a-half from home and they claimed front-runner Feach Amach inside the final furlong to record a length-and-a-half success.

Murphy said:- “He’s a very genuine horse and I’d say there is loads of improvement within a year. The ground is fine for him as long as there are not extremes, he would not want it firm.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
4/1
Tote €5.00 €1.20
2nd
1.5L
9/2
€1.90
3rd
1.5L
125/1
€8.50
4th
2.5L
1/1Fav
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.